Consultant (Mid-level) Arabic Support - Middle East

6 days ago

Doha, Qatar Portland Communications Full time

Portland is a strategic communications consultancy trusted by some of the highest profile organizations, brands, governments, and individuals in the UK and around the world. We have global offices in London, Paris, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore, Doha and Nairobi and Berlin.

We are pioneers in integrated communications campaigns, helping clients manage their reputation, improve their visibility and media coverage - and deliver global communications campaigns across multiple platforms.

Our teams of experienced consultants invest time to understand clients from the inside out, work with them to set clear strategic direction, and then bring the whole of Portland’s abilities to bear to deliver on their objectives.

At Portland we never rest on our laurels; we constantly strive to improve our work and be at the forefront of our industry.

**The Role**:
We are looking for a Consultant to play an integral role on a variety of prestigious clients across the Middle East.

This role requires a wide skillset and provides a great opportunity to work across a variety of projects spanning campaign management, profile raising, capability building, leading on key moments and much more.

Arabic language proficiency is a key requirement for this role.

**Your profile**:

- 4+ years’ communications experience
- Fluent in Arabic and English, very strong Arabic writing ability, good English writing ability - needs demonstrable experience working and producing content in both languages
- Organised, with project management skills and experience coordinating and directing the work of specialists such digital, editorial and designers to ensure we deliver to the highest standards
- Experience in direct client handling, providing strategic counsel on day-to-day account matters
- Able to multi-task, work flexibly and to tight deadlines

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Day-to-day client liaison with a range of strategy, content and digital stakeholders
- Proactively maintaining existing, and developing new relationships with media
- Drafting a range of content including news announcements, op-eds and social media posts
- Proactively monitor media news and trends to identify new opportunities
- Planning campaigns and providing critical support for clients around key moments including briefing teams, preparing talking points, drafting key messages and overseeing coordination and reporting.
- Managing team of AEs-SAEs, helping them to develop their skills and acting as the communication point between junior and senior members of the team
- Supporting in the development of client proposals
- Support and oversee the work of junior teams to produce and execute comms plans, workshops delivery, extensive support on media / social media / monitoring around major events

**What we offer in return**:

- We are committed to employee development and have an open doors culture where you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced people in the business. We regularly reward and promote success, and actively encourage staff to take on new challenges and responsibilities to aid progression
- Our remuneration package also includes our competitive pension contributions, private healthcare life assurance cover, company contribution to gym membership, wellbeing workshops and activities, company parties and much, much more
- At Portland we take a flexible approach to work and encourage our colleagues to do the same. All our roles are open to flexible working requests and we will consider all options during our recruitment process. This includes but is not limited to: hybrid working, flexible hours, compressed hours and job sharing.
- In addition, every permanent member of staff that works at Portland is eligible for our industry leading annual profit share. When Portland thrives, all of our people share in that success

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